Its not consistent with other implementations. In linux, it shows the face. Also in cygwin it shows the face.
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:38 AM Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote: > > From: Matthew Fidler <matthew.fid...@gmail.com> > > Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:14:12 +0000 > > > > I cannot display a different font for a character on the mode-line when > using windows 32 implementation of > > emacs. Is this a known issue? > > Every string you put in the mode line must use a single face for all > its characters; Emacs only takes notice of the face of the first > character of each string. This is done for efficiency reasons, as the > mode line is redrawn very frequently. > > So if you want to use a different font, you should construct the mode > line "creatively", taking care not to use strings that have different > faces on some of its characters. >
